RELIGST 2H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psalms, Books Of Kings, The Jewish Quarterly Review

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2H03
• Professor: Philippa Carter

Document Summary

Said that the book of jonah could be considered a parody. People keep the law and god will preserve the israelites. They escaped egypt and go to the promised land via moses and god. He had 700 wives -- these women lead him astray from god. Biblical account written from the perspective of the southern kingdom (judah) Because they preserved the religion -- god protects them. The northern kingdom (israel) falls to assyria in 722/721 bce. Sennacherib (name of the king) israelites captures the cities in the southern kingdom with the exception of jerusalem. King of jehu pay tribute to the assyrian king. Outher(cid:374) ki(cid:374)gdo(cid:373) falls to the ass(cid:455)ria(cid:374)s" su(cid:272)(cid:272)essors, the ba(cid:271)(cid:455)lo(cid:374)ia(cid:374)s, i(cid:374) (cid:1009)8(cid:1010) bce marking the beginning of the exile. The des(cid:272)riptio(cid:374) of the norther(cid:374) ki(cid:374)gdo(cid:373)"s fall to the ass(cid:455)ria(cid:374)s is fou(cid:374)d i(cid:374) (cid:1006) ki(cid:374)gs (cid:1005)(cid:1011) They were following other gods -- they disobeyed god. Israel falls (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of the people"s failure to keep the (cid:272)o(cid:448)e(cid:374)a(cid:374)t o(cid:271)ligatio(cid:374)s.